Work & commute · Eastbrook

Work & commute in Eastbrook, ME

Most working residents leave Eastbrook for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Ellsworth (23%), Bangor (10%) and Bar Harbor (6%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 185 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 178 Eastbrook residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 44 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Eastbrook.

178live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

44work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Eastbrook goes to work

Ellsworth14.1 mi away

23%42

Bangor29.8 mi away

10%19

Bar Harbor19.2 mi away

6%12

Brewer26.2 mi away

5%9

Eastbrook (in town)right here

4%7

Orono29.1 mi away

3%6

Aurora14.1 mi away

3%6

Augusta78.1 mi away

3%5

Portland121 mi away

2%4

Gouldsboro18.2 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%71

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Eastbrook commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

48%

26%

17%

9%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Eastbrook is a commuter town

0.28jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.28 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Eastbrook are

51 jobs are based in Eastbrook. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Eastbrook’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Eastbrook

51 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Eastbrook residents hold

185 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+65%

Jobs based in Eastbrook, 2013 → 2023: 31 → 51. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.